Which star kicker will win the coveted Ballon d’Or this year? The glamorous award ceremony will be available on Monday, November 29th in the livestream at servustv.com/sport.
It is arguably the most prestigious award in professional football: who will get the this year at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris Ballon d’Or handed over? After the awards ceremony last year had to be canceled due to a pandemic, 30 world-class footballers can again hope for the coveted trophy this year. ServusTV shows the glamorous soccer gala on Monday, November 29th away 6:45 p.m. im free live stream on servustv.com/sport & in all apps!
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Ballon d’Or 2021: The best players of the year – Award ceremony LIVE from Paris
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Messi, Lewandowski – or someone else?
The list of candidates for the world’s best footballer of the year, which includes 30 names, includes the “serial perpetrators” Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo also Italy’s euro hero Jorginho or Bayern goal machine Robert Lewandowski. In 2020, the Pole had to be satisfied with the FIFA award for the world’s best footballer after the much more important Ballon d’Or was not awarded for the first time since 1956 in the previous year.
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Who is who: These are the nominees
| Name | society | Position | nationality |
| Robert Lewandowski | FC Bayern | attack | Poland |
| Lionel Messi | Paris Saint Germain | attack | Argentina |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | attack | Portugal |
| Luka Modric | Real Madrid | midfield | Croatia |
| Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint Germain | attack | France |
| Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | attack | Norway |
| Neymar | Paris Saint Germain | attack | Brazil |
| Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | attack | England |
| Mohamed Salah | FC Liverpool | attack | Egypt |
| Luis Suarez placeholder image | Atletico Madrid | attack | Uruguay |
| Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | attack | England |
| N’Golo Kante | FC Chelsea | midfield | France |
| Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | midfield | Portugal |
| Kevin de Bruyne | Manchester City | midfield | Belgium |
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | attack | France |
| Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus Turin | defense | Italy |
| Jorginho | FC Chelsea | midfield | Italy |
| Romelu Lukaku | FC Chelsea | attack | Belgium |
| Simon kjaer | AC Milan | defense | Denmark |
| Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | midfield | Algeria |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Paris Saint Germain | Tor | Italy |
| Ruben Dias | Manchester City | defense | Portugal |
| Lautaro Martinez | Inter Milan | attack | Argentina |
| Leonardo Bonucci | Juventus Turin | defense | Italy |
| Phil Foden | Manchester City | midfield | England |
| Nicolo Barella | Inter Milan | midfield | Italy |
| César Azpilicueta | FC Chelsea | defense | Spain |
| Mason Mount | FC Chelsea | midfield | England |
| Pedri | FC Barcelona | midfield | Spain |
| Gerard Moreno | FC Villareal | attack | Spain |
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Background: This is the Ballon d’Or
The Ballon d’Or is an award for the best male footballer of the current calendar year. The trophy has been awarded by the French football magazine “France Football” since 1956. Incidentally, the Ballon d’Or is sometimes confused with the FIFA World Cup. Both are independent award ceremonies that have nothing to do with each other.
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This is how the winner is determined
The editors of “France Football” compile a list of 30 nominated players each year. This will then be submitted to selected journalists from all over the world for election. Each jury member then awards a total of five kicker points, descending from five to one counter. The player with the most points wins the Ballon d’Or in the end.
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